⚓ After her retirement in 1897, HMS Trincomalee was a sea training ship for ‘destitute’ boys ⚽ Many of the boys participated in sporting activities such as football. 🏅 This donated medal commemorated the Falmouth and District AF League 1912-13 Championship win by the team.

The blocks for the ship's wheels needed a new coat of paint, so I put the first coat on today, taking advantage of the dry conditions NMRN Hartlepool. #Shipwright #Boatbuilding #Joinery #Painting #Finishing #Skills #Hartlepool

Cleaning up a rope table for a new coat of paint today. A wasp has got to this one! #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool Hopefully, I'm getting back to doing some regular updates again.

More scraping today. Looking good though apart from this bit of damage which will provide a nice opportunity to use some hand skills. #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

The second dry fit is looking a bit better. A bit of fettling to do. #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

Got the first rope table repair glued up today. Lots of clamps required! Will clean up in the morning and take off the ends of the dowels where I have screwed the repair into the existing structure. #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

The glue up went well, so moved onto the repair on the base this morning. #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

After completing the repairs last week, I sanded down and applied the first coat of paint on the rope tables today. Black isn't the most exciting colour, but it dies bring them a bit more to life. #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

A staaaaaanchion! I cut a recess into beam 23 - which was repaired earlier this year - so we could put this stanchion back on #HMSTrincomalee. Not a bad result. #Joinery #Boatbuilding #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

Representing NMRN Hartlepool The National Museum of the Royal Navy at Maritime Museum at the National Historic Ships UK Northern Hub conference in #Liverpool today. Already had some caulking chat! #Shipwright #Boatbuilding #Joinery #Skills #Hartlepool

Not all the jobs on board HMS Trincomalee are interesting. Here I am continuing the replacement of weathered screws to safeguard easy access to the cable tray which houses all our modern electrics and alarm systems. 300 down, 700 to go... #Shipwright #Skills #Hartlepool

Before and after. The final coat of paint went on the restored rope table yesterday, and this morning , I put it back on the ship. My rope work isn't amazing, but I am a shipwright, not a rigger! #Shipwright #Boatbuilding #Joinery #Painting #Skills #Hartlepool

One of the tool lockers was getting a but cluttered so I created some organised storage space for the sand paper today. Nice little improvement to the workshop. #Shipwright #Boatbuilding #Joinery #Skills #Hartlepool

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Finished off a bench for the riggers' workshop today. #Shipwright #Boatbuilding #Joinery #Skills #Hartlepool

Been building a nice collection of wood samples over the last two and a bit years. I have most of them with a varnish finish, oil finish and no finish. Recently started making a box to put them in. The box is by no means my best work but the project as a whole has been fun.

Been working on a side project at work to store wood samples we sometimes call upon to assist timber identification. Not a best showing of my patience with the dovetails but I am really happy with the bookmatching effect I have achieved on the lid #Shipwright #Joinery #Hartlepool

Some graving piece action today. #Shipwright #Boatbuilding #Joinery #Skills #Hartlepool